Today was the first day of Summer, so with the exception of the hot Spring days we had a couple of weeks ago, this was the first "official" hot day of Summer.
Thankfully there was a bit of a breeze for some of the day and since this isn't the billionth hot day in a row I think I had a bit of a head start with a fairly cool apartment rather than an apartment that never cooled off.
I'm honestly not looking forward to the rest of this week, nor am I particularly looking forward to Summer heat but here we are.
Last year was pretty awful for me heat wise, and I've already had a heat induced panic attack at my counsellor's office ironically... this year so I'm really going to try to not repeat last year.
One of the things I forgot about was cooking meals. Because one of my comfort go-to meals is a "heat in oven" kind of thing and, well, that's not something I really want to be doing. I will try to take more electrolytes I think, and I'm not going to worry about the electricity cost of running my fans all day. (Last year I tried to conserve energy rather than move air and I think this year I want to be less wary of using electricity.)
I'm scared and anxious about the heat and hoping to find ways to handle it better than last year. I think the panic attack at the counsellor's office actually helped because we worked through some of the anxiety and I'm hoping that will help.
It sucks that heat is part of the way my anxiety manifests though (when I'm really stressed or starting a panic attack I often feel "too hot") and I have read about the fact that heat can set off physical triggers that can make the body think it is anxious so I'll be working on reducing those symptoms and triggers as well.
I'm writing this because it's reading at 29 C in my apartment right now but I am (so far) doing ok.
I unfortunately don't like the noise of the fans, but do my best to deal with that, knowing that without the noise things would be way more uncomfortable.
I know many places are far warmer and I know I live in a relatively mild place weather wise all round but still... heat isn't something I'm good with anymore, and I'm working at being more ok with it than I was last year.
Happy Summer y'all. Stay cool if you can.
4 comments:
We will get through the heat.
:/
I realize you haven’t asked for any advice here—so ignore as needed—but have you also considered this heat thing could be perimenopause? I went through years of heat sensitivity and panic attacks before hitting 50 and basically being done. Huge relief. Crap that it took so long.
I for sure have considered that (and then avoided the topic if I'm totally honest.)
Thanks for the re-reminder though HD, I'll look into it again, much appreciated!
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